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CL) & 19 (mee, 5-27-43) ett % 1 s ——. FOURUS. QUAKERS| 10 CIVE CUBA HELP Will Fly to Havana Friday With Storm Relief ag. aos By KATHLEEN TELTSCH. Special Be The Now York Timsen UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.] Oct. 29 — Cuba has agreed to) bave four United States citizens, 1 of them Quakers—fly in! to arrange the distribution of an airlift of relief supplies te|: Cuban victims of the recent hur ricane. 4 Premicr Fidel Castro's Gov- ernment accepted the assistance from the “American Friends}} Service Commuttee after having rejected offers from the Amer-| ican Red Cross and other wel- fare agencies. ‘The relief supplies. valued at! 830.000, will be flown from Philadelphia on Friday. ‘The four Americans have been}*" [promised visas by the Cuban! Movers tS distrite! ts of drugs, clothing ard q Saa\ i ‘They are Herbert Page| joover, a retired State Depart-' ment official who once was; consul general in Havana: Dr. Georse Foreva. associate gean icine; Prot. Hiram Hite! of Guilford Collece in North} Carolina, and Frank Hunt. whe{ has administered Quaker aid in) the Middle sast and North] , /Africa. The first three speak|* jpanish fluently. Permission Granted Tharsday Cuban permission to land the} ‘ane and the American welfare, ‘team was given last Thursday; after Colin Bell, executive sec-! fetary of the American Friends* Service Committee. had cabled « Premicr Castro, repeating the. Quakers’ wish to help the hur- Ficane victims “solely for hu-f Manitarian reasons.” - The United States State De-}+ ‘partment and the Commerceg: and Treasury Departments ap-f s Proved the necessary licenses} < and passport validations for the four Quakers to make the tmp} : th their 23,000 pounds of re- supplies abcard a Pan| Ket American World Airways _DC- a aman 4 ‘The si procram was worked ort th negotiations here between Carlos M. Lechuza, chief Cu- ban delegate. and William Hunt- ington. xe directs the Quakerj . Nations pro, . Program for the} q The talks began immediately] after Hurseane Flora broustal” qleath to thousands in Cuba and! : ted crops and the fishing| industry. The Friends also are| supplying relief to Haiti, also hit by the same storms, which| jbegan Sept. 30 and continued| foraisesk. were ‘The Washington Post ond . ‘Times Herald ‘The Washington Daily New The Evening Star New York Heruid Tribune New York Journal-America New York Mirtor +. New York Dally News —- New York Post ‘The New York Times F _ ‘The Worker ‘The New Leader —____ * he Wall Street Journal — ‘The National Observer — Peop! ., Dete Lets es Ser